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rgatijnet1
Explorer III
May 29, 2015

Air Bag recall

This may affect some of you with tow vehicles, or toads, that were on the OLD air bag recall list.
I just got an email from the NHTSA about my Chrysler Hemi. You can register on their website and receive notifications about your specific vehicle. It seems that when they changed the air bag on my car a few months ago, that recall is now covered by a NEW recall that supersedes the old recall. It further says that if my air bag was replaced with the old recall, it now must be replaced AGAIN under the terms of the NEW recall. Here is the text of the information sent to me: Air Bag recall
If your air bag was replaced under the old recall you MAY have to go through it all again and as I have read in the news, there may be several million additional vehicles added to the recall list.
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  • LVJ58's avatar
    LVJ58
    Explorer
    May 29, 2015
    Have same problem with our 05 Chrysler 300 Touring. Called dealership and was informed that replacement parts to correct the problem are not available yet and mentioned that they may be available sometime in June.

    Also stated the malfunction generally occurs in hot humid parts of the country, yeah, real comforting to hear that:E
  • rgatijnet1's avatar
    rgatijnet1
    Explorer III
    May 29, 2015
    LVJ58 wrote:
    Have same problem with our 05 Chrysler 300 Touring. Called dealership and was informed that replacement parts to correct the problem are not available yet and mentioned that they may be available sometime in June.

    Also stated the malfunction generally occurs in hot humid parts of the country, yeah, real comforting to hear that:E


    They did part of the recall when I took mine in a few months ago. The P81 recall was not done because they did not have the parts. Now the original recall must be done again and they still do not have the parts.
    No problem driving the vehicle, just do not have a wreck that sets off the air bags. I guess if people could avoid all wrecks they wouldn't even need air bags. Like you, I live in a hot climate with the addition of the high humidity on the Florida coast. Comforting. :B
  • Mr_Mark1's avatar
    Mr_Mark1
    Explorer
    May 29, 2015
    Rgatijnet1, thanks for the reminder. I went outside, wrote down the VIN number from the Honda and checked the Honda recall site. We have no open recalls on our CR-V. It's always good to check.

    Thank you,
    MM.
  • rgatijnet1's avatar
    rgatijnet1
    Explorer III
    May 29, 2015
    Mr.Mark wrote:
    Rgatijnet1, thanks for the reminder. I went outside, wrote down the VIN number from the Honda and checked the Honda recall site. We have no open recalls on our CR-V. It's always good to check.

    Thank you,
    MM.


    You may want to check again in a few days. There were additional vehicles, including some more Honda vehicles added yesterday to the air bag recall list. Latest Takata recall
  • Jim2007's avatar
    Jim2007
    Explorer
    May 30, 2015
    My Dodge 2004 2500 has a recall on the air bags. Local dealer said to wait until Dodge sends me notice. Jim2007
  • rgatijnet1's avatar
    rgatijnet1
    Explorer III
    May 30, 2015
    Jim2007 wrote:
    My Dodge 2004 2500 has a recall on the air bags. Local dealer said to wait until Dodge sends me notice. Jim2007


    That is correct. It may take some time for the dealers to get all of the parts required. My Hemi went in for two of the recalls a few months ago and even then they only had parts for one recall.
    The first link I gave was to the NHTSA website and you can register all of your vehicles there to be notified of recalls on any of your vehicles. At least the notification lets you know what is coming even though the manufacturer is not ready to perform the recalls at this time.

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